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By RON WALSH CORTLAND Developments Thursday in the purchase of Brockway Motor Trucks by Steven Romer, president and board chairman of Solargen Electronics included a statement from Romer's New York City office. The statement said that he had been in conferences concerning the purchase all day. Another statement from the office of Mack Truck's Corporate Vice President Richard Mann said that Mann, away Thursday from Mack's Allentown, headquarters, expects to return Friday for a report on progress in purchase talks. Several persons gave opinions about the revolutionary six minute charge battery with which Solargen powers its innovative electric vehicles. Mack, which three weeks ago closed its Brockway operations and announced that assets would be liquidated, April 21, announced it had accepted a purchase offer from Romer for the 65 year old Cortland family founded industry.

About 400 members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 68 were on strike at the time of the closedown. As part of the purchase, it is reportedly necessary for Romer to pay Mack $1 million by Sunday. An interview with Mack management in Allentown indicated Romer would have to come up with the remainder of the purchase price by June 1 or forfeit the $1 million. Former Cortland City Atty. Edmund Hoffmann Jr.

explained Thursday afternoon that, although May 1 is a Sunday, this type of financial dealing is transaction able and the effectiveness does not hold over until Monday, as in the case of juridical proceedings. Romer reported that he has bid on a major government demonstration project for 7,500 electric cars under the federal government's Energy Research and Development Authority Act. Tuesday night, three assistants of Rep. James Hanley, 32nd District, from his Washington office, said the congressman is contacting Anthony Ewing, director of ERDA's demonstration and incentive branchi in connection with the "imminent" awarding of the contract. Romer said he intends to build electric cars as well as Brockway's line of heavy duty diesel trucks in the Cortland plant once the industry is his June 1.

Although Ed Wingenbach, president of UAW Local 68, announced Sunday that the union is "calling off the strike at a date to be announced shortly," pickets were still outside the Brockway plant Thursday, reportedly because "details of strike conclusion had not yet been cleared with union headquarters." Local 68 members met Thursday night Richard KamJaaai in the Knights of Columbus council rooms in Cortland to discuss the matter. Wingen bach said late Thursday, "This strike is not against Romer; I want to emphasize that. It's just that we have a very great number of unresolved negotiations pending with Mack." Concerning Solargen's patented electric car Lattery, The Post Standard Thursday contacted several nationally recognized experts in the field of "electric and hybrid vehicles," the generic term under which such cars are classified. All expressed State Deputies Re elect Head CORTLAND Chemung County Deputy Richard Kaminski was re elected president of tin State Deputy Sheriffs' Association at the organization's annual meeting this week at Canandaigna. Cortland County Police Officer Keith S.

Poole was elected executive vice president. Richard Weiss was named treasurer and John Maynard, secretary. The association also voted to revise its bylaws and to approve the 1977 financial report. Speakers at the annual session included personnel from the FBI, federal Treasury Department and State Supreme Court. Kaminski said the association was originated in to professionalism among sheriffs1 personnel across the state.

Kaminski has been with the Chemung Department 19 years. He was born in Tmxton and graduated from Trux ton High School in He has attended Tompkins Cortland Community College and State University College at Cortland. He graduated from the State Police Teletype School and from Broome Technical College's Police Academy. A former regional vice president of the association, Kaminski is married to the former Carol Dtekow of Freetown. The couple have four children.

They reside at $321 Trutton. at the specifications claimed ny The company, with executive offices at 562 Fitch Ave. in New York City, publishes a specifications sheet with a picture of the car (station wagon body by Subaru) containing the following specifications: maximum speed, 72 miles per hour; range, 150 miles; re charging time, with (Solargen's patented) "lead crystal" batteries, six minutes. Prof. Joseph Rosson of the electric engineering department at Cornell University, director of the Cornell electric car project, said Thursday afternoon, "I've never heard of anything like it in my life.

We have built five electric cars here and are on our sixth. Our cars, with lead acid batteries, have a re charge time of seven hours; our range is 40 to 50 miles and the top speed we have ever been able to get is 60 miles an hour." Rosson said that the nation's two largest battery manufacturers, each of which maintains an extensive research department, are Gould Inc. of Rolling Meadows, 111., and Battery Co. of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. He added, "I'm so interested in this development that I'll contact for you Dr.

Dave Douglas, head of energy research at Gould, and Henry Jensen, executive vice presient of to get what I can from them on the revolutionary patent claim, so that they will have some material ready for you." He said he had spoken with Douglas, who said Gould's Dr. Hans Espig has charge of this phase of Gould research. Espig's office said that Espig was "out interviewing" but will be available with information late Friday morning. Dr. Frederick Ohnthrup, marketing and research manager for is also expected to have information on electric car battery development available Friday.

About whether Romer and his associates can successfully complete the purchase of Brockway, a prominent Cortland banker said Thursday, "Let's wait 'til Sunday. Mr. Romer puts $1 million on the Mack table it's inconceivable to me that he would do so without absolute confidence in being capable of producing the rest of the purchase price by closing date June. 1." Service For Aged CARTHAGE The Jefferson County Office for the Aging and the U.S. Postal Service are cooperating to launch an early alert program for senior citizens in the Carthage area.

The program, open to anyone within zip code district 13619, will call attention to possible danger when a senior citizen's mail starts to accumulate in the mailbox. Senior citizens can request through the Office for the Aging that a special label be inserted in their mailboxes to indicate their desire to participate in the program. If at any time they do not regularly pick up their mail, postal officials will alert the Office for the Aging, which will check to determine whether the participant is in any kind of difficulty. $1 Million Due Mack Sunday Dan Carey, George Swavae. Local News Assistant POST STANDARD 6C April 29, 1977 GIAC Readies Exhibits ITHACA The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) will conduct its annual open house 7 to 9 p.m.

Evervone in the commu nity is invited to attend, to see exhibits about GIAC's programs and displays from other local agencies. There will be program demonstrations of arts and crafts, portraits and print making, theatrical make up techniques, batiking, sewing and one about the summer educational workshop. Samples of international cuisines will be offered by sponsors of the GIAC program on international cooking, to begin May 11. Representatives from the career center and champion producing boxing club will be there to discuss their programs and answer questions. The media access center also will be open.

Open house displays from other agencies will include exhibits from the Learning Web, the YMCA, the day care council, the Comic Book Club, the United Way, Black Counseling Services, Alpha House and Southside Center. The GIAC drop in center will be open throughout the event to care for smaller children of families that want to visit the open house. Deadline Extended ITHACA Parents of pupils in Ithaca's East Hill and Central schools have been given an extra two weeks to request transfers for their children from their present schools to another in the district, according to an announcement Thursday by District Supt. Richard Backer. The deadline for such requests is May 31.

Other parents in the district must file their transfer requests by May 15. Applications for transfers should be obtained at the school the child would normally be assigned to. The signature of that school's principal and the signature of the receiving principal are required. Texas Duty For Barcomb Airman Michael A. Bar comb, son of Mrs.

Mary C. Barcomb of 8 Willis Drive, New Hartford, has been assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), after completing Air Force basic training. During six weeks at Lackland AFB, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special instruction in human relations. Completion of this training earned him credits towards and associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Airman Barcomb will now receive specialized training in the communications field.

Deaths BERT L. POOLE ITHACA Bert L. Poole, 84, of W2 Giles died Wednesday at Tompkins County Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.onday at Wagner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dry den, at the convenience of the family.

Calling hours will be 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. GIOVANNI ELMO ITHACA Giovanni "John" Elmo, formerly of Ithaca, diedWednesday in Wesf Palm Beach, Fla. Family prayer services will be at t.30 p.m. Saturday at Bangs Funeral Home, followed by a 10 a.in.

Mass in Im maculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Calling hours will be 7 to Friday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to charity. Mr.

Elmo was born Carpineto, Italy. He was a 23 year emptors of the Lehigh Valley Railroad before retiring, and was the widower of Rose Der Cola Elmo, who. died in 195ft. Mr. Elmo is survived by two daughters, Mrs.

Mary Brown of Cape Canaveral, and Mrs. Amelia Hile of Ithaca; four sons, Patsy, Augustine and John all of Ithaca, and bemuri West Palm Beach, 17 grandchildren; eight greut grandchildren; a sister, Miss Angel of Carptaeto, Italy, and several nieces and nephews. Retirement Party Principals at the Auburn Correctional Facility annea! retirement party at the Falcon Club to honor employes who have retired in the past year, are, from left, seated, Eugene Reynolds, assistant deputy superintendent, toastmaster; Robert W. Kelley, Fred F. Strong, George W.

Spears, and Joseph J. Nolan, DRYDEN The latest thing in audience participation games, "Energy and the Environment," is scheduled for play Wednesday at Tompkins Cortland Community Col Armed with a $10,000 energy environment simulator (a computer), an audiovisual program and considerable en ITHACA Virginia expertise, i roi. uavm wooaan oi me university oi Lersecrftert in wil1 a to (HEW) during the Ford be seen as time permits. area resiaents aoout tne current tuei ana energy picture. The U.S.

Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) gave Woodall the computer and a $2,500 administration, is scheduled to tailor a Prof consistent with his own "ad to speak Sunday and Mon dav at Cornell University are af fected by conservation. She wm be the ourth in Woodal1 has Put toSether a that alIows the distinguished lecturer an TTgy "Czaf the Jrioc ttw decisions upon the usage rate of energy reserves, environ series sponsored by the Department of Communication Arts. An informal discussion with Trotter on women in government will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday in the communication arts graduate teaching and research center, 640 Stewart Ave. She will lecture on communication in government at 8 p.m.

Mondny in Kauf mann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Trotter, who received a Ph.D. family mental quality and national standard of living. Time in the computer advances at the rate of a century per minute. The effects of factors such as population growth and new technology can be programmed into the computer.

Woodali's presentation at TC3 is one of approximately 25 that he will make throughout the state this year. He speaks to civic organization, clubs and groups of all kinds, Dorm Plan First Reunion CORTLAND The first Randall Hall reunion at State Conference of International University College here will be May 6, according to Pete Women's year im June, Pavone, who was director of the hall from 1973 to 1976, 1975, at Mexico City. and is now assistant financial aid director at the college. Recipient of a number of The reunion will be at Palm Gardens Restaurant. "We awards, she has authored are were the first dorm to have off campus parties at many articles, contributing Palm Gardens," Pavone said.

to such publications as the A slideshow depicting the dorm from 1973 to 1976 will Christian Science Monitor, be accompanied by music popular at the time. Career World and Parents Students who lived in the dorm then have been invited, magazine. Pavone is organizing the event arid expects more than 1 00 alumni and current students to slow up. Pavone said he decided to arrange the reunion because Randall Hall people are very close and have stayed in touch with each other, ill The date was selected because many alumni will be AClllltS in Cortland next Saturday for alumni day and the GOUVERNEUR Two spring picnic sponsored by the student activity board. adult screening clinics have been scheduled by the St.

a i tm i i Lawrence County Public Lawyers tO AdviSC Jtlderly Health Nursing Service for be 10 30 a to 3 CORTLAND The Cortland Office for the Aging fice Tuesday at the Pone for tnc Thursday that will it will sponsor Grange Hall a discussion 00 services for the elderly on May It 'SL wiU be presented 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the tS i courthouse auditorium. center at Cran lawyenJ wU, speak lega, and rights of oldCT services available and the and the nenons 11 rt lcWal XTVkxi for Cortland County, which is in 9 SlNCf 1633 1 AUTOflMW CATUOA, N. Y. Mother's Day Dinner A tradition in fine dining at the Aurora Inn Reserve Now DiRMT Stnrid Nmr ti 6 P.M.

Phone 315 364 7230 retirees; back, John Miskell, deputy superintendent of programs; Abe Taylor, deputy superintendent of administration; Gerald Kelley, Ernest Sherman and Martin E. Ferguson, retirees; Paul Bergan, deputy superintendent of security, and Robert J. Henderson, superintendent of the facility. Ex Aide Energy 'Game' at TC3 To Talk Trotter, undersecretary rotter. the Department of Health, Education and Welfare imnr Friday, April 21, 1977 SYRACUSE providing information on present and proposed energy sources.

"In my opinion, the public really needs this information. The world's supply of energy is dwindling every day, and people who know nothing about the supply and use of energy make decisions, monumental ones, about its use," contends Woodall. Some authorities are becoming desperate over the present energy situation. For example, oil imports from the OPEC countries are now 50 per cent higher than during the 1973 oil embargo. Woodali's presentation is part of the ERDA effort to inform the populace about the pressing energy situation, while gathering an adequate energy supply.

A discussion period will follow. Is decrees in Dhvsies. nuclear engineering and applied and engineering physics. He has been an assistant professor in the mechanical and aerospace sciences department at the University of Rochester since 1974. Woodall will speak twice Wednesday: at noon in Room 545 and at 7 p.m.

to a technology and environment class in Room 600. Both sessions are open to the public. Eight Win Scholarship CORTLAND Three students have won Mof ett Scholarships and five have won College Development Foundation Scholarships at State University College here. and higher education from Moffett, the fifth president of the college, who served at ine college tor iy years ana was president from 1959 to been active as a scholar, 1963, when he died. teacher and administrator.

Scholarship funds, managed by the College Develop She has held numerous ment Foundation; consist of contributions from friends teaching and administrative and colleagues of Dr. Moffett and an appropriation from at the universities of the foundation. Vermont, Utah, and Nebras William E. Halstead, foundation president, said Moffett ka Scholarships are designed to honor seniors who are se In 1972, Trotter was ap lected "on a basis of scholarship, leadership, professional pointed vice chancellor for promise, participation in the community, personality and academic affairs at the Uni responsibility." versity of Nebraska the Winners of the Moffett Scholarships are Valerie first woman ever in that Hathorn, a health education major from Stanley; Joyce G. position, and in 1974 she was Johnson, a biology major from Wappingers Falls, and appointed assistant secre Marian C.

Miller, a music major from Hampton Bays, tary for education at HEW Development Foundation scholarships are designed to again, the first woman ever to have that position. Trotter also has served in numerous consulting and advisory positions throughout her career at home and abroad. She was the official delegate to UNESCO at Paris, France fn October, 1974,. and the official HEW dele gate to the International honor juniors who qualify on a basis similar to that of the Moffett awards. This program was initiated in 1972 by the foundation.

Junior winners are Karen Canvatchel, an English major from Mount Vernon; Jude Hawron, a mathematics major from Rensselaer; Eileen Hughes, a major in psychology and elementary education from Brooklyn; Gayla K. Moore, a health education major from Bainbridge, and Thomas Potter, a chemistry major from Oneida. Scholarship recipients were honored recently at a luncheon hosted by President and Mrs. Richard C. Jones.

Mrs. Mary Lou Mason is chairman of the scholarship committee for the Development Foundation. Serving with her are Mrs. Marv Alice Bellardini. Mrs.

Alice Hin chcliff Kobcrt O'Connell, James Sarvay, Harry Taw and Louis Wolner. Faculty representatives on the committee are Dr. Louis Vanaria, chairman of the history department, and Dr. Robert Weber, chairman of the men's physical education department. Workers OK Strike MASSENA The Aluminum Workers International Union, Local 420, representing workers at Alcoa, Massena Operations, and Local 450, representing Reynolds Metals Co.

employes, were given permission by the members to strike if necessary in voting Wednesday at the labor temple on Woodlawn Avenue. Representatives of both locals will take the results to Miami, where they will report at the bargaining table on a national level. Heading the two groups will be Steve Svarczkopf business agent for 420, and Ernest LaBaff, business agent for Local 450. Local 420 represents about 1,800 hourly workers at Alcoa and Local 450 about 650 hourly workers at Reynolds. The two unions have been negotiating locally and the AWIU has been negotiating on a national level in Atlanta, where some 18 proposals were offered last week by the union.

These proposals were explained Tuesday and Wednesday to the members of both unions before the vote was taken. LaBaff said the main issues confronting the Aluminum industry and hourly workers are economics, job security and pensions. U.S. Steel Union members recently approved the job security and pension programs, LaBaff said, adding that it is not true anymore that the way steel goes, so goes the aluminum industry. LaBaff said the steel industry has import problems while aluminum is selling pretty good.

With the energy crunch, a lot more aluminum should be sold, he said. extract expiring May 31 was cr 40 months. Negotiations are for a 36 month contract. FOOTBALL 3 ANNUAL SMMfi MTM SQVAD CAME "UNDER THE IIGHTS AT H0UMD AUBURN, N.Y. KICK OFF 7:30 P.M.

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